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Hi, Natec! I am happy to contend this subject. Unlike most people arguing against gay marriage, I will not be invoking theological reasons why gay marriage shouldn't be allowed, but will instead post secular objections to gay marriages.

My first argument against gay marriage being legalized in the US is based on the legal definition of the word "marriage". That is generally accepted in the US as being a legal union between a man and a woman.[1] If we change that definition, it becomes a union between a partner and another partner. This definition of marriage could allow people to marry their kids, or their dog. I want to be clear that I do not think a change in marriage laws will turn the US into a scene out of the last days of Rome, but I do think it would lead to all kinds of abominable couplings. Do I have any direct evidence of this? Well, no, because there has been no true challenge on the legal definition of marriage yet. But it does stand to reason that with a publicized change in marriage laws to open definitions, that there will be a few people taking advantage of that in all the wrong ways. Frankly, even one person practising child marriage would be a moral abomination in my eyes.

My second argument against gay marriage being legalized is that gay marriage discriminates against straight people by rewarding gays with tax credits for getting married in some parts of the US.[2] That is not in any way "equal" marriage like the lgbt and civil rights communities claim it is. That is giving people more credit than others for joining a union and is discriminatory, which is again a moral outrage in my eyes.

Anyway there we go, those are my reasons for being against gay marriage